[open-science] [Open-access] [okfn-discuss] Open Data Handbook v1.0

Mon Mar 26 11:22:46 UTC 2012

Hi All

This sounds like a great idea and I think we need a few more people to get
it going, I'm happy to help coordinate so I'll add myself to Laura's list :)

* Daniel Dietrich (general coord; OKFN Germany)
* Laura Newman (general coord; OKFN UK)
* Sridhar Gutam
* Carolina Odman
* Paola di Maio
* Peter Murray-Rust (?)
* Jenny Molloy

We were discussing making this a sprint project at OKFest with people
adding to a handbook throughout OKCon, but it definitely wouldn't hurt to
start work beforehand!

I think it ties nicely into an earlier thread on an early-career guide to
doing open science (starting here
http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/open-science/2012-March/001427.html) and a
suggestion at the last wg meeting from Jessy Schlinger that we should get
people using open science tools and generating feedback, writing reviews
etc as part of an interactive session at OKFest but also more generally.

I've copied Jessy's email about what P2PU are already doing on this front
and I think we should definitely team up with them.

This could all be tied into one big handbook including reviews of the tools
available, with some edited highlights for particular groups of
researchers, including grads and early career researchers if there are
specific needs to address. With the rate of progress in open science, it
would need to be frequently updated living document.

Jenny

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jessy Kate Schingler <jessy at jessykate.com>
Date: Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [open-science] the early-career guide to doing open science?
To: Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>
Cc: diybio <diybio at googlegroups.com>, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>,
open-science at lists.okfn.org

hey guys,

this doesn't solve the repository problem, but is in response to the
original subject line: "early career guide to doing open science."

as some of you know the peer to peer university <http://p2pu.org/> is
currently experimenting with peer-based learning using teams (study groups,
courses), challenges, and badges. there's been a lot of discussion around
open research and open science at, as something that a) p2pu is trying to
encourage for research done about p2pu initiatives, b) we would like to
encourage more open research BY p2pu community and others (not necessarily
about learning) and c) involves but also has some different elements from
peer-based learning alone.

we've started working on a core set of "open science
challenges<http://pad.p2pu.org/p/opensciencecontent>"
that we would incorporate into the challenges infrastructure at p2pu (or
anywhere really, it's just what's available :)). my hope is that they could
capture some of the core processes and activities of basic research,
provide links to useful tools and initiatives, and incorporate open
practice in a way that "just makes sense." it would aim to provide a clear
place to get started practicing open science, based on the experience of
others, without having to re-derive that process every time. and finally,
with enough help, we can have some mentorship in that process too.

this would be great, as tom said, for newish grad students and researchers
- but IMHO also for opening up the actual core elements of the scientific
process, with the idea that anyone can participate - even the so-called
#sholarlypoor.

i would love it if people had ideas and suggestions to improve, rip apart,
clean up, extend, etc. these challenges. i was actually planning to email
this list as i know that people like carl, peter, cameron etc. are all both
practitioners and thought leaders in this area.

for example, a great one to add from this discussion would be one on
repositories and open data. there are currently two relevant challenges
already started: "develop a documentation plan" and "make your results,
data available to others" that could really be fleshed out.

i am happy to volunteer to take any raw notes people put in there and
incorporate them into prose for challenges. and we are also very interested
in general feedback, ideas and participation

thanks!
jessy
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